The fourth Bmw Art Car, a BMW M1, was created in 1977 by the Pop Art legend Andy Warhol who,
unlike the previous artists, worked directly on the full-scale vehicle and painted the car himself.

For Andy Warhol to paint an automobile seems natural. His studio was known as a factory and his greatest fame came from
portraying Campbell's Soup cans.

BMW M1 - Andy Warhol 1979 photo gallery

Warhol explained the sweeping strokes of his car, "I tried to portray speed pictorially. If a car is moving
really quickly, all the lines and colors are blurred."

All previous Art Car artists created their designs on 1:5 scale models, called maquettes, and had technicians reproduce their
designs on the real cars. Warhol insisted on painting the real M1 himself.
He is reported to have spent all of 23 minutes painting the car. He ran his fingers through the paint to leave a personal touch.

When asked if he was pleased with the end result, he replied, "I love the car; it's better than the work of art
itself."

The car raced only once, in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979, driven by Manfred Winkelhock (Germany) and the Frenchmen Hervé
Poulain and Marcel Mignot. It placed sixth overall and second in class.

Source: BMW Group

Andy Warhol - The Artist

Andy Warhol, was an American artist who became a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. After a successful
career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter; an avant-garde filmmaker, a record producer,
an author and a public figure known for his presence in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished
intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats. A controversial figure during his lifetime (his work was often derided by
critics as a hoax or "put-on"), Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books and documentary films
since his death in 1987. He is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.